No longer dowload from Youtube after update #24310

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opened 2026-02-21 13:14:50 -05:00 by deekerman · 1 comment

deekerman commented

2026-02-21 13:14:50 -05:00

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Originally created by @faxotherapy on GitHub (Aug 13, 2021).

Checklist

I'm reporting a broken site support
I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser
I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped
I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones

Verbose log

$ youtube-dl -v -f best https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=tfU071KHi9c
[debug] System config: []
[debug] User config: ['--proxy', '127.0.0.1:8118', '--no-check-certificate', '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--add-metadata', '--xattrs']
[debug] Custom config: []
[debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'best', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfU071KHi9c']
[debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8
[debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06
[debug] Python version 3.9.6 (CPython) - macOS-10.14.6-x86_64-i386-64bit
[debug] exe versions: avconv 12.3, avprobe 12.3, ffmpeg 4.4, ffprobe 4.4, rtmpdump 2.4
[debug] Proxy map: {'http': '127.0.0.1:8118', 'https': '127.0.0.1:8118'}
[youtube] tfU071KHi9c: Downloading webpage
[debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r5---sn-5hne6ns6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1628899994&ei=OrYWYfCnJc2YgQeZibiIBw&ip=193.32.249.136&id=o-AKVQvxu5tgT7sBQU7qoeSYNq0WR8lFMCliuskLC3lW9d&itag=22&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=Ya&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-5hne6ns6%2Csn-5hnedn7e&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=5&pl=24&initcwndbps=938750&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ns=03ttPdteoWvHb0AoxYMs7NQG&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=663.394&lmt=1628876009202209&mt=1628877418&fvip=5&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=WEB&txp=6432434&n=qNCF1I9J6q1S3F3PU9O&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Ccnr%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIgYgvD6UgMcHm_vzclW01PWkEfmm49jFj4S2PljlFzAqkCIQCixjotwRkQSa_IJyhQIbfpsHrp__mNQo5gaxcJwyukxg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhAL24RBWtsl84fElrfljqlcWG1iTmxyMbc5Z8HFV-0BQUAiEAwunb5OPebeb_dtyhIPxg0wex5BIuMv2EJGFIfeLZeiY%3D'

Then, nothing happens. I have to break the execution.

Description

Executing the command simply no longer works with YouTube.

Originally created by @faxotherapy on GitHub (Aug 13, 2021).  ## Checklist  - [X] I'm reporting a broken site support - [X] I've verified that I'm running youtube-dl version **2021.06.06** - [X] I've checked that all provided URLs are alive and playable in a browser - [X] I've checked that all URLs and arguments with special characters are properly quoted or escaped - [x] I've searched the bugtracker for similar issues including closed ones ## Verbose log ``` $ youtube-dl -v -f best https://www.youtube.com/watch\?v\=tfU071KHi9c [debug] System config: [] [debug] User config: ['--proxy', '127.0.0.1:8118', '--no-check-certificate', '--youtube-skip-dash-manifest', '--add-metadata', '--xattrs'] [debug] Custom config: [] [debug] Command-line args: ['-v', '-f', 'best', 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfU071KHi9c'] [debug] Encodings: locale UTF-8, fs utf-8, out utf-8, pref UTF-8 [debug] youtube-dl version 2021.06.06 [debug] Python version 3.9.6 (CPython) - macOS-10.14.6-x86_64-i386-64bit [debug] exe versions: avconv 12.3, avprobe 12.3, ffmpeg 4.4, ffprobe 4.4, rtmpdump 2.4 [debug] Proxy map: {'http': '127.0.0.1:8118', 'https': '127.0.0.1:8118'} [youtube] tfU071KHi9c: Downloading webpage [debug] Invoking downloader on 'https://r5---sn-5hne6ns6.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1628899994&ei=OrYWYfCnJc2YgQeZibiIBw&ip=193.32.249.136&id=o-AKVQvxu5tgT7sBQU7qoeSYNq0WR8lFMCliuskLC3lW9d&itag=22&source=youtube&requiressl=yes&mh=Ya&mm=31%2C29&mn=sn-5hne6ns6%2Csn-5hnedn7e&ms=au%2Crdu&mv=m&mvi=5&pl=24&initcwndbps=938750&vprv=1&mime=video%2Fmp4&ns=03ttPdteoWvHb0AoxYMs7NQG&cnr=14&ratebypass=yes&dur=663.394&lmt=1628876009202209&mt=1628877418&fvip=5&fexp=24001373%2C24007246&c=WEB&txp=6432434&n=qNCF1I9J6q1S3F3PU9O&sparams=expire%2Cei%2Cip%2Cid%2Citag%2Csource%2Crequiressl%2Cvprv%2Cmime%2Cns%2Ccnr%2Cratebypass%2Cdur%2Clmt&sig=AOq0QJ8wRQIgYgvD6UgMcHm_vzclW01PWkEfmm49jFj4S2PljlFzAqkCIQCixjotwRkQSa_IJyhQIbfpsHrp__mNQo5gaxcJwyukxg%3D%3D&lsparams=mh%2Cmm%2Cmn%2Cms%2Cmv%2Cmvi%2Cpl%2Cinitcwndbps&lsig=AG3C_xAwRgIhAL24RBWtsl84fElrfljqlcWG1iTmxyMbc5Z8HFV-0BQUAiEAwunb5OPebeb_dtyhIPxg0wex5BIuMv2EJGFIfeLZeiY%3D' ``` Then, nothing happens. I have to break the execution. ## Description Executing the command simply no longer works with YouTube.